I think it mostly just the reality of how info flows about these things. Minimal reporting that is hard to verify initially and takes time to corroborate/investigate. So it is like a buffer/queue process where these early news bits provide little to discuss, but once the longer phases of investigation from various sources start to accumulate, it seems like a torrent of info and discussion for a while as a synthesis starts to form from the fog of war.
Borderless fighters are overseeing your transit chokepoints. Continue your aggression, and they will seize your throat.
This seems like a big deal. I bet it will be mostly ignored by western media, but not a good market indicator for a Tuesday.
comedy film
star actor makes removed jokes on red carpet
The April Fools Day episode gets a rewatch from me on occasion, mostly due to the special music theme. It’s also just a fun episode of Joker doing his thing. Oh, and the side bit with Alfred is so dry yet silly. I think the intro for the series is also completely iconic for animation and Batman aesthetics.
trying to act like all the campaigns of war crimes are all completely separate things.
Looks pretty cool, decent ground clearance and very urban functional with decent looking visibility. This could be great utility van with some solar panels on top. It could also be ideal as a taxi/rideshare fleet vehicle. I’d really like an upgraded version with AWD, but range is the big question. Maybe that can be upgraded too. ~$20k for an AWD version with good range battery pack would still be an amazing deal.
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early practitioner of perineum sunning
That’s some interesting insights. I’m not sure about a few of the judgements, but it does give me a vague guidelines to understand my varied game preferences a bit better. In multiplayer competitive games, I really enjoy peak moments of “meso”. This usually involves some sort of sneaky tactics and/or unexpected ambush setup with distraction baiting with teammate coordination. In Rocket League this is often happening in the context of fake-outs and other rhythm breaking of the expected momentum/flow. I also really enjoy single player rogue-likes across action and turn-based tactics styles. The term used to describe “meso” that I’ve come across is from Japan: yomi.
https://www.gamedeveloper.com/design/what-is-yomi-
Layers of yomi really make games feel more puzzle-like, and I really appreciate when devs create systems that balance out using layers of yomi.
Exactly. The story still works fine without them landing because they are ancillary to it. They had something to say besides “remember this other thing?”.
It’s mostly about David Foster Wallace and Quentin Tarantino, but talks about how TV media culture in particular has brought this sort of channel surfing aesthetic as a form of cultural commonality in media consumption (as opposed to snooty deep analysis, etc). It’s kind of interesting if you are acquainted with their works, but overly long otherwise.
It also gets some bonus points for calling out QT’s zionazi arc quite clearly early on.
Watched a video recently that was talking about how media has become quite dominated by referential tropes at the expense of actual narrative construction. Basically the plot has become just a structure that supports the arrangement of references to well worn moments in other media. Examples would be stuff like Family Guy and later Simpsons, but it crops up in all sorts of stuff now. Instead of media literacy being about understanding the structure and dynamics of a story, the new discourse often focuses on tracing references across different media products. It’s much like “remember-berries” but across the whole of media culture, and it often can decontextualize effective storytelling into a collection of tropes via surface level discourse.
The End of The Sun
https://www.gog.com/en/game/the_end_of_the_sun
Looking at the screenshot gallery I saw at least 3-4 black sun symbols along with a few other questionable ones. Wonder who funded and made this.
A cyclist friend of mine has started using cargo-spec chains because they mash the pedals really hard most of the time. A bit of extra weight but longer lasting chains is an acceptable trade-off for them.
There are certainly very few options for high torque with internal gear hubs.
“upholding the ideals of western cultural values”
They wanted it to look like a drone factory and command center to secure his true legacy.